Finally
Spidey gets a second treasury! This is a great collection
from Amazing Spider-Man #s 100-102, where Spidey
takes on Morbius and the Lizard, with sensational Gil
Kane art.

It
also reprints Not Brand Ecch #6, by Gary Frederich
and Marie Severin, where all the conventions of the
Spider-Man universe were tweaked in seven jam-packed
pages. You gotta love how Marvel put this all under
one roof.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #15 - 1977

Conan
gets his third treasury comic! Jeez, if he was
so popular, why wasn't it Conan SuperStories?

Anyway,
the great stories are "The Song of Red Sonja",
"Night of the Dark God, "Black Colossus",
plus some sizzling Red Sonja pin-ups by Estaban Moroto,
Dick Giordano, and, IMHO, the best Sonja artist ever,
Frank Thorne. Story art by Barry Smith, Gil Kane and
Neal Adams, and John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala.

Stories
include "Day of the Defenders", "The
New Defender", "For Sale--One Planet, Slightly
Used", a two-page pin-up by some guy named Keith
Giffen, and a schematic of the "Defenders Long
Island Hang-Out"--not quite as impressive as, say,
The Baxter Building, but I guess Long Island
is good, too...

Reprints
Defenders #s 1, 4, 13, and 14.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #17 - 1977

Another
collection of Hulk adventures! This book features some
stories from my all-time favorite era of the Hulk comic:
"Within the Swamp, There Stirs a Glob!", "Among
Us Walk the Golem", "Cry, Hulk, Cry Havoc",
and "Frenzy on a Far-Away World."

The
"Cry Havok" story is my my all-time favorite
tale, where Hulk confronts former X-Man Havok out in
the desert. There was a part where Hulk actually rips
off an entire section of a mountain. Penciller Herb
Trimpe cut wide for the shot, and it really showed off
the massive feat the Hulk was pulling off. Seeing the
page in the even-bigger treasury size made it work even
better!

Reprinted
from Incredible Hulk #s 121, 134, 150, and ?
(the issue box is obscured by a balloon on the cover
gallery!)

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #18 - 1977

It's
right around here that the Spidey treasuries really
start to stack up. This is a neat collection of Spidey
team-ups from Marvel Team-Up.

Spidey
teams with the X-Men, Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider,
and Iron Fist. In particular, there's a villain in the
Ghost Rider story named the Orb. He was deformed in
an accident, and the reveal panel showing him without
his mask has got to be one of the most gruesome panels
in any code-approved comic. It made me shiver when I
was a kid, yet
I couldn't look away!

It
also features some really fun "puzzle pages"
seemingly drawn by Marie Severin, (again where Marvel
goofs on itself and its style of comics), plus a photo
gallery of shots from the Spider-Man TV show.

Great,
moody covers by Bob Budiansky and Eernie Chan.

84
pages.

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Courtesy
Treasury Hunter Jeff
Jaworski, comes this quote by artist Bob Budiansky
about this book's cover: "The Band on the Run cover!
I don't know if you realize that was the original inspiration
for that cover--Paul McCartney's Band on the Run
album cover. It was former Marvel Editor Jim Salicrup's
idea."

Marvel
Treasury #19 - 1978

Yet
another Conan treasury. This was unusual, as it does
feature reprints, but they are from Savage Sword
of Conan #s 4 & 6, but for the first time in
color. Story art by John Buscema and Alex Nino.

It
also has a neat selection of pin-ups of Conan and...Red
Sonja. Hubba hubba.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #20 - 1979

Obviously
the Hulk TV show led Marvel to basically turn
this title into Spiderman and/or Hulk Treasury.
Features two two-part stories from the comic: "Klaatu!
The Behemoth from Beyond Space!", "The Stars,
Mine Enemy!", "Sanctuary", and "The
Monster and the Madman", where Dr.Doom decides
to expand the list of Marvel heroes who have kicked
his tin-plated butt.

This
was the first of several Marvel treasuries that had
a small box on the front cover (bottom right), that
says: "Mr.Retailer for display announcement, see
page 20." That used to bug me, since it seemed
like...can't Marvel issue a friggin' memo to their customers?
You actually have to stick it on top of the comic itself?
What's next? Have Hulk just say "Grr! Dumb retailer
find tiny words!" in the middle of fighting the
Abomination?

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #21 - 1979

Collecting
the sprawling four-issue story that started off with
"The Horror That Walks on Air!" featuring
the FF, Galactus, The Silver Surfer, Gabriel, Gen.Thunderbolt
Ross, and Richard Nixon (gee, Galactus doesn't seem
so bad now). Solid
art by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott.

Reprints
Fantastic Four #s 120-123.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #22 - 1979

"Marvel's
TV Sensation!"--well, sort of.

More
Spidey team-ups! "The Spider and the Sorcerer!'
(Spidey and Dr.Strange), "The Coming of Stegron
the Dinosaur Man!" (Spidey and Ka-Zar), "Dinosaurs
on Broadway!" (Spidey, Ka-Zar, and Black Panther),
"The Granite Sky" (Spidey and Captain America),
plus a crazy 3-page story featuring Stan Lee, Larry
Lieber, and John Romita called "Here We Go A-Plotting!"

Plus
a pin-up of...the Daily Bugle offices? Without
Spidey anywhere in sight? As Marvel admits: "Or,
what would you do if you had an extra page to
fill up and nothing to put on it?"

From Treasury Hunter Robert McKinney:
"The missing issue number
is Marvel Team-Up # 21. Great website. Lots of
fun! Thanks, and keep up the good work!"

Thanks
Robert!

Marvel
Treasury #23 - 1979

More
great Conan by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Tony DeZuniga.
I never thought DeZuniga was a good fit for Buscema.
(Sorry, Tony)

Includes:
the multi-part "A Witch Shall Be Born", a
timeline of Conan's travels, some pin-ups, plus seven
weeks of the Conan newspaper strip in full-color!
Cool. Buscema inks himself on the strip. Double cool.

84
pages.

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the image to see the most odd, disturbing back cover
ever!

Marvel
Treasury #24 - 1979

Hulk
again!

Reprinted
from Incredible Hulk #s 175-178, the stories
include: "Man-Brute in the Hidden Land", "Crisis
on Counter-Earth!" (where were DC's lawyers that
month?), "Peril of the Plural Planet!", "Triumph
on Terra Two." Art for all stories by Herb Trimpe.

Also
included is an odd, all-new 6-page Hercules story by
Jo Duffy and Ricardo Villamonte. What does this have
to do with Hulk? Nothing. Well...they're both big strong
guys. Yeah, that's it! (I
get the feeling Marvel started burning off some old
inventory in these treasuries.)

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #25 - 1980

How
timely! As I write this, the 2006 Winter Games are taking
place in Torino. Maybe the Hulk would be the right guy
to straighten out those bad-mannered US speed skaters.

Anyway,
this is an all-new, completely bonkers story by Bill
Mantlo, Herb Trimpe, and Bruce Patterson. Spidey and
Hulk take on the Moleman and a host of some other really
lame-o villains. Herb and his life Linda make a cameo
on page 23!

In
addition, curiously the inside back cover eatures an
ad for "Marvel Superheroes at the Summer Olympics."
Back cover drawn by...Bill Sienkiewicz!

84
pages.

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This
from Treasury Hunter Keith Richard: "The
Marvel Summer Olympics book was slightly redrawn
and rewritten and became the Contest of Champions
mini-series after the boycott of the Olympics.

I owned a few pages from that series, in one page the
heroes disappeared, in the published version, there
was just an empty room where the heroes used to be,
but under the white out on the original, you could see
the olympic athletes where the heroes once were."

Cool!

Marvel
Treasury #26 - 1980

Another
Hulk treasury, and another chance for Marvel to burn
off some inventory.

Reprinting
Incredible Hulk #s 167-170, the stories are:
"To Destroy the Monster!", "The Hate
of the Harpy!", "Disaster Eight Miles High",
and "They Lurk in the Volcano." Features a
couple of panels where Betty Ross is naked. Really.
Art by the sturdy Herb Trimpe.

This
issue also features an all-new Hercules and Wolverine
(?) story, buy Jo Duffy, Ken Landgraf, and George Perez!
Why did Marvel have two all-new Hercules stories in their inventory?
Wad there a Hercules solo comic that got scrapped before
it saw the first issue saw the light of day? Poor Herc.

84
pages.

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original pencils from the Hercules vs. Wolverine story!

Marvel
Treasury #27 - 1980

Marvel
decided, why not combine both of our ersywhile TV stars
in one book? So here we are--Spider-Man and the Hulk,
again!

They
take on Dr.Doom and the Parasite, and it features a
fun Superman/Hulk fight that I could've read for twenty
more pages. Wonder Woman also makes an appearance, making
this book an even bigger crossover between the two universes.
I've read before that "Big" John Buscema didn't
enjoy drawing superheroes much, but you can't tell that
here--his work is as dynamic as it ever was.

Even
though it doesn't say it on the cover, this is the final
issue of the title Marvel Treasury (*sniff*).

Nice
cover by Bob Larkin.

68
pages.

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New!
Below is the cover to the British version of this book,
brought to my attention by Treasury Hunter
Warren Bixby. Thanks Warren!

Sadly,
this book is not treasury-sized--it measures just a
hair over 8x11"--and it obviously features a different
version of Bob Larkin's painted cover, drawn by the
book's interior artists, John Buscema and Joe Sinnott.

Other
changes include the replacement of the back cover, an
inside back cover sketch, and a DC house ad with ads
for British releases, like an Escape From New York
poster book (which does look really cool!) and a "007
James Bond Quartz Chronograph Watch." Tally-ho!

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the images to see the original Marvel and DC ads for this
book plus other treasury ads!